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  • #161
  • Jan 5, 2026 1:56pm Jan 5, 2026 1:56pm
Hi iamhewho, interessting approach. Principally it is just a trend-following strategy with entry after pullback. I like it, because it is so simple. I had fun to make a EA and test around a bit... If you allow and are interested, I am willing to share the EA here for you. If not, I fully understand. The EA could help you to find best way to trade your strategy, best trading time, timeframe, trendfilter, min body size, min wick size etc.... So just tell me and I will post it here.

I wish you good luck with your new approach.
  • #162
  • Jan 6, 2026 4:48am Jan 6, 2026 4:48am
Quoting kleybenny
Hi iamhewho, interessting approach. Principally it is just a trend-following strategy with entry after pullback. I like it, because it is so simple. I had fun to make a EA and test around a bit... If you allow and are interested, I am willing to share the EA here for you. If not, I fully understand. The EA could help you to find best way to trade your strategy, best trading time, timeframe, trendfilter, min body size, min wick size etc.... So just tell me and I will post it here. I wish you good luck with your new approach.
go for it , i may not want it but someone else might, ive just provided very basic rules and i think other people are, are coming u p with ideas, all welcome
  • #163
  • Jan 6, 2026 9:26am Jan 6, 2026 9:26am
Quoting iamhewho
{quote} go for it , i may not want it but someone else might, ive just provided very basic rules and i think other people are, are coming u p with ideas, all welcome
Iamhewho, how was trade today?
  • #164
  • Edited 11:39am Jan 6, 2026 10:29am | Edited 11:39am
just 1 trade today , as ive been waiting all day for my regular strategy and couldn't focus ,

gold has been a bitch today

1 trade on an hourly wick fill , closed early 1.08% profit

i guess only need average 1% a day for 20% a month, but still , nothing burger day

so the other 2 trades are just my regular strategy which was down today

edit :: not done yet , ive decided to crack on , will update images when im done for the day
. volume has died , calling it , took 1 more trade on the 15 m, ive updated images
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  • #165
  • Jan 7, 2026 12:38am Jan 7, 2026 12:38am
Sell Gold now [ 4hrs ]
  • #166
  • Jan 7, 2026 12:57am Jan 7, 2026 12:57am
Quoting aje6767
Sell Gold now [ 4hrs ]
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Done for the day. Thanks

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I stacked it. Done for today.
  • #167
  • Jan 7, 2026 3:01am Jan 7, 2026 3:01am
Quoting iamhewho
{quote} go for it , i may not want it but someone else might, ive just provided very basic rules and i think other people are, are coming u p with ideas, all welcome
Ok, here is the EA. Have fun with testing and optimizing (Sorry for the name of the EA, it was late evening and I think I was a little too creative ). If you have good results with some settings, please share here. I have no time currently for running optimization circles.

And also: Please use only in demo accounts. I am not responsible for any loss you make with this EA.
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  • #168
  • Jan 7, 2026 3:29am Jan 7, 2026 3:29am
Quoting kleybenny
{quote} Ok, here is the EA. Have fun with testing and optimizing (Sorry for the name of the EA, it was late evening and I think I was a little too creative ). If you have good results with some settings, please share here. I have no time currently for running optimization circles. And also: Please use only in demo accounts. I am not responsible for any loss you make with this EA. {file}
I think all inputs are easy to understand. Only this two here I need to explain:
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the first one is the wick to body ratio. So how big the wicks should be. ratio 1 would mean the wick is as big as the body. 0 is off...
the second one is simply the tp ratio. So where should the take profit be. 1 would mean exactly at the end. 0.5 would mean exactly in the middle of the wick... 0.9 would mean, the tp is after the wick is filled 90%. I hope it is clear. If needed, I can change the inputs name. Again, it was late evening
  • #169
  • Jan 7, 2026 4:37am Jan 7, 2026 4:37am
Is It possible not to put SL?

Thx
  • #170
  • Jan 7, 2026 4:59am Jan 7, 2026 4:59am
Quoting lorecavoli
Is It possible not to put SL? Thx
no stop loss at all? that would be nuts

bigger stop loss? sure why not, ive thought about it, but sticking with a tight one myself

play around collect data and share on here if you like
  • #171
  • Jan 7, 2026 7:26am Jan 7, 2026 7:26am
ok day 3: best day yet, stopping early (just because)

3.78% profit . 1 of the trades on image 2 is a different strategy (so ignore)

ive noticed today that often when in a sell for example , rather than having that tight stop loss same size as target TP i actually have the sl at the top of the newly created top wick , ( example in image 3)

little bit of slippage today in my favour which is good as i was worried about slippage

anyway today was nice a chill, felt good
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  • #172
  • Jan 7, 2026 7:28am Jan 7, 2026 7:28am
Anybody have any idea about NDX100, I am already long, looks like alot of pending liq on buy side.
  • #173
  • Jan 8, 2026 12:19am Jan 8, 2026 12:19am
Currently short on Gold [4hr]. lets see how it goes
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  • #174
  • Jan 8, 2026 12:50am Jan 8, 2026 12:50am
Quoting aje6767
Currently short on Gold [4hr]. lets see how it goes{image}

My stop loss was hit today. In hindsight, that was my mistake. The price action I was anticipating materialized briefly (the 'wick got filled'), but I was being overly ambitious in my target (1000 points). I'm hoping for a better recovery tomorrow
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  • #175
  • Jan 8, 2026 5:46am Jan 8, 2026 5:46am
Quoting aje6767
{quote} My stop loss was hit today. In hindsight, that was my mistake. The price action I was anticipating materialized briefly (the 'wick got filled'), but I was being overly ambitious in my target (1000 points). I'm hoping for a better recovery tomorrow{image}

when i looked back at the 4 h candles (just eyeballing) i didn fancy it for this strategy, but im glad someone is trying it
  • #176
  • Jan 8, 2026 7:13am Jan 8, 2026 7:13am
day 4: just 1 trade today , 30 min wick fill

just had a stressful 30 min candle wick fill, it just tapped me in then flew up, i was confident it wanted to fill some of the wick so my SL was big, like full 10% big

i think I've got chart fatigue this week, gold has been difficult this week

so calling it a day early

now i know, with -10% max draw down, i need to be achieving a higher daily percentage , id say around 4% minimum, ill do better/ more next week , i dunno if its the xmas break or what , but trading is really taking it out of me this week lol
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  • #177
  • Jan 8, 2026 11:17am Jan 8, 2026 11:17am
if this month ends well, over 20%,

i will make a discord group, and people who want can join and trade this strategy together, with whatever small variations you have.

only if it makes + 20% this month and i decide to continue
  • #178
  • Jan 9, 2026 3:49am Jan 9, 2026 3:49am
Quoting kleybenny
{quote} Ok, here is the EA. Have fun with testing and optimizing (Sorry for the name of the EA, it was late evening and I think I was a little too creative ). If you have good results with some settings, please share here. I have no time currently for running optimization circles. And also: Please use only in demo accounts. I am not responsible for any loss you make with this EA. {file}
Thanks a lot, suggestion, could you add a martingale option for recovery? I have tested and I think the EA should be able to recover fairly quickly, not a lot of losses in a row.
  • #179
  • Jan 9, 2026 4:17am Jan 9, 2026 4:17am
Quoting lain7123
{quote} Thanks a lot, suggestion, could you add a martingale option for recovery? I have tested and I think the EA should be able to recover fairly quickly, not a lot of losses in a row.
wow a martingale, you play a dangerous game lain , lol

any screen grabs of what the EA looks like?, for anyone interested

thanks
  • #180
  • Jan 9, 2026 7:34am Jan 9, 2026 7:34am
Greetings ,

an indicator to highlight candle the opens and closes within a wick would make this easier to operate .
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